Cart.



PATENTBD DEC. 12, 1905-.

A. W. RANSOME CART.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1905.

- WITNESSES:

l/V VE/V TOR rifiur fiflfriliz'knsome ATTORIVE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR WILFRID RANSOME, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CART- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed June 8, 1905. Serial No. 2 437 To all whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WVILFRID RAN- SOME, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cart,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates particularly to a cart '0 intended to be manuallypropelled and useful for carrying plastic concrete and other materials.Its principles may, however, be embodied in a horse drawn cart. It isparticularly intended for concrete work where mate- :5 rials have to bedumped from the cart on both horizontal surfaces and over the brink oredge of scaffolds or pits and excavations. carts are usually constructedwith two wheels connected by an axle which supports the body,

the dimensions of which are less than the diameter of the wheels,permitting the body to be turned completely over to dump its loadwithout engaging the body with the ground or surface on which the cartmay be resting.

z 5 This arrangement presents serious difliculty when the load is to bedumped into an excavation, since the operator has no convenient meansfor preventing the cart from turning over too far with its load and thusdepositing 0 a portion of its load upon the scaffold instead of over theedge thereof.

It is the object of my invention to provide a cart of this generalcharacter which may be readily converted from one intended for use indumping on horizontal surfaces to a cart well suited for dumping intoexcavations. In attaining this end I provide a body one end of whichprojectsbeyond the periphery of the supporting-wheels, so that this endwill 4 engage the edge of the scaffold in the dumping operation andprevent the body of the cart from turning over too far at this time.This enables the operator to bring the cart to the edge of the scaffoldand conveniently dump the cart. The other end of the body is arranged tolie within the periphery of the wheels, so that, if desired, the secondend may be moved down and under the axle to dump the load of the cart onlevel surfaces, and in 5 order to' render the cart readily convertiblefrom one to the other type I arrange the handles so that they may beshifted from one end to the other of the cart, thus changing the dumpingend at will.

My invention also resides in certain special J features of constructionconcerned with the These manner in which the handles are removablysecured to the body and caused as well to serve as braces for the same.

vThe invention involves various other features of major or minorimportance, all of which will be fully set forth hereinafter, andparticularly pointed. out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate asan example the preferred embodiment of my invention, in which drawingslike characters of reference indicate like parts in both the views, andin which- Figure 1 is'a side elevation of the cart, and Fig. 2 is an endview with a part broken away.

(i represents the wheels, which mount an axle I). On this axle the body0 of the cart is mounted in any desired manner, providing, however, thatthe body may at will be turned from its operative position (shown inFig. 1) to its inverted or dumping position. Accord ing to the form ofthe invention here shown the body 0 is constructed of sheet metal. willbe seen from Fig. 1 that the end 0 ofthe body lies inward of theperiphery of the wheels a, while the end 0 of the body is elongated toproject beyond the peripheries of the wheels. The handle comprises across member or handle proper, d, preferably formed of a tube andtie-rod, as indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 2, and side arms 0.The side arms extend from the cross member d downward and inward towardthe body-0, and

thence turn so as to extend along the upper side edges of the body, towhich upper side edges the side arms a are removably yet se-' curelyfastened, preferably by bolts and nuts f, though by other removabledevices, if desired. The side armsethus arranged not only form parts ofa durable handle for the cart, but serve also to brace the side walls ofthe body of the same. It is also apparent that by removing the bolts fthe position of the handle on the body of the cart may be reversed, thehandle then taking the position indicated by the broken lines a in Fig.1.

Assuming the adjustment shown by full lines in the drawings, it will beseen that the cart may be dumped by elevating the handle from theposition shown in Fig. l and turning the body 0 around the axle untilthe end 0 of the body engages the edge of the scaffold. This will throwout the contents of the body, and it will also prevent further rotarymovement of the body of the cart, the projecting end of the body servingas a stop or check for the same.

It is this adjustment of the handle which particularly adapts the cartfor use in dumping the materials into excavations or pits, since thecart may be brought to the brink of the pit or excavation and the bodyinverted into dumping position, which operation insures that furtherrotary movement of the body of the cart toward the pit will be arrested.Assuming the adjustment indicated by broken lines 6 in Fig. 1, it willbe seen that this arrangement is adapted particularly for dumping thecart on level surfaces, the operator having merely to throw upthe'handle and, if desired, give a complete half-revolution to the body,the ends 0 lying inward of the periphery of the wheels, and thereforeclearing the surface on which the cart may be arrested. In this way theentire load of the cart may be instantly and easily dumped on a levelsurface. Having thus described the preferred form of my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A wheeled cart havinga dumping-body, one end of which lies inward ofthe periphery of the wheel or wheels, and the other end of whichprojects beyond the periphery of the wheel or wheels, and a handlereversibly secured to the body, for the purpose specified. 2. A cartcomprising two wheels, an axle connecting the wheels, a dumping-bodysupported on the axle, the said body having one end lying within theperipheries of the wheels and the other end elongated to project beyondsaid peripheries, and a reversible handle attached to the body, for thepurpose specified. 3. A wheeled cart having a dumping-body, one end ofwhich lies within the periphery of the wheel or wheels, and the otherend of which projects beyond said periphery, and a reversible handlecapable of connection with the body of the cart to project from eitherend thereof, as may be desired.

4. A wheeled cart having a dumping-body, and a handle therefor includingside arms ex tending along and fastened to the upper edges of the sidesof the body.

5. A wheeled cart having a dumping-body, one end of which lies withinthe periphery of the wheel or wheels and the other end of which projectsbeyond such periphery, and a reversible handle comprising side armsadapted to be removably connected to the upper side edges of the body ofthe cart for the double purpose specified.

6. A cart comprising wheels, an axle connecting the same, a dumping-bodycarried by the handle, and having one end lying within the peripheriesof the wheels and the other end projecting beyond the same, and a handlecomprising a cross member and side arms, the side arms being connectedto the cross member and extending respectively along and fastenedremovably to the upper side edges of the body of the cart, whereby tostrengthen the body of the cart and to permit the reversal of thehandle, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR WILFRID RANSOME.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SUTPHEN, EDITH JUNE FULLER.

